Data Protection in a Nutshell

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2 Welcome and Thanks In the next 20 minutes or so Synopsis of data protection strategy Snapshot of data protection services and the tools for delivering defense in depth (Re-)introduction to the Virtual Tape Library (VTL) as a service provisioning engine Leaving just enough time for A brief presentation by Tributary Systems Opportunity for aggressive Q&A

3 Data Protection in a Nutshell A set of services intended to 1. Protect data from loss, corruption or unauthorized access or disclosure 2. Enable restoral of data to a usable form by applications and decision-makers within an acceptable period of time A strategy of redundancy: data assets can t be replaced, so they must be made redundant

4 Simple Make a copy. Mission accomplished Not really.

5 Haven t We Seen This Before?

6 Needed: Business-Savvy

7 Defense in Depth Regional Interruptions caused by natural and man-made disasters Data corruption or deletion due to viruses or malware, application and user errors Localized Interruptions involving equipment and facilities

8 Hardwired or Policy-Driven?

9 The Way It Was (Sort of) Systems Managed Storage (SMS) & Hierarchical Storage Management (HSM) END USERS APPLICATIONS STORAGE GROUP

10 Applications Needed: A Director Policies Cloud-Based Backup Disk Mirroring Tape Backup WAN-Based Replication Continuous Data Protection Virtual Tape Protection Services

11 How Would a Director Help?

12 Think About It Enabling the setting of recovery service objectives Quickly relate business processes to supporting resources and the impact of an interruption event in tangible and intangible terms. And the establishment of time-to-data standards that help to set recovery priorities Setting the stage for the development of business-savvy recovery strategies that meet objectives, and fit sensible budget and testing parameters and policies for applying data protection services selectively!

13 So, Where Is This Storage Director Functionality set, not a device so, flexible Why not use the VTL?

14 Not a Tape Replacement Tape Library Off-Site Storage

15 Added Value WAN-based Asynchronous Replication Off-Site Storage

16 Oversell

17 High Availability is Costly VTL-to-VTL replication across a WAN, like WAN-based disk replication is expensive and subject to WAN delay (propagation and jitter) Use wisely for data that merits such data protection service But it is not a one size fits all solution Permanent BU Facility or Hot Site Facility Between $ 50K - $$$ monthly Virtual Tape Library (VTL) w/ WAN replication (x 2) Price Range: $ 500K - $750K (+ disks ~$500K + warranty) WAN Service Between $15/Mbps/Mo (Broadband) to $600/ Mbps/Mo (MPLS) Backup Server & Administrator (x2) HW/SW: $2K Salary: $75K - $125K

18 Data protection services Truth be Told Are best applied on a workload- or data-centric basis May create complexity in need of automation and management

19 Needed: A Single Pane of Glass Bifurcated products available today so-called geo-clustering wares Works with select softwarebased data replication and backup processes. Doesn t monitor hardware or every software-based replication or backup process. Provides monitoring and failover. Works with select array vendor APIs to monitor data replication. Doesn t work with all hardware or with software-based replication or backup. Provides passive monitoring and alerts. We need integrated tools for allocation, monitoring, and ad hoc testing

20 Storage Director: A Bright Future

21 A Business Value Case Is Appearing Cost-containment: optimize investments in data protection technology and assign services cost-effectively to workload Risk reduction: Improve data protection and recovery capability without vendor hardware lock-ins Improved productivity: Reduce downtime by leveraging ad hoc testing and failover